First reaction: well at least it wasn't another naughty teacher movie. When I saw the thumbnail on my tv's guide, I wasn't really going to watch it bc I can't stand the teacher/student movies. Just ick and it's never treated as gross when it's a female teacher and a male student. But a review site I read had the synopsis, so once I realized that's not what it was, I decided to watch. That said, the title is terrible. It makes sense if they were teachers, but if I was thinking about having a freebie on my husband (which I am not), it wouldn't be called that. It's been years, but I think I remember Ross and Rachel having a similar "pass," but the name escapes me.
I think it's possible to have fame and be relatively low key, but this guy was the worst. The guy from His Killer Fan pulled it off better if you ask me. As another contributor said, he had a groupie in his bed the same night Carrie turned him down, so what gives? They honestly didn't spend enough time together, in my opinion, for his obsession to make sense. Even in a Lifetime movie. As bad as it sounds, it would have made sense if they slept together and she rebuffed him. They just made out in the hallway. It almost would have helped if they pulled another Lifetime trope and just had her remind him of a long lost love or something. There's nothing about Carrie that shows why he even approached her. She's not "letting loose" or anything at all. I guess maybe it was her admittance that she used to be a superfan, but even still,
Also, the opening scene sort of bothered me bc of how the 911 call played out. Now, I'm for sure not victim blaming, but I am writer blaming...in these movies, characters never name the person harming them when given the opportunity. In the opening scene, the ex-gf knows who is attacking her but only tells the dispatcher "a man." It doesn't sound natural at all given that we already know this guy is going to be a villain. That's just a pet peeve I have.
I felt for her husband. I mean, the movie just....is. There have been better versions of this and this one feels like filler. Not even sure if it's been on again since the premiere.
I think it's possible to have fame and be relatively low key, but this guy was the worst. The guy from His Killer Fan pulled it off better if you ask me. As another contributor said, he had a groupie in his bed the same night Carrie turned him down, so what gives? They honestly didn't spend enough time together, in my opinion, for his obsession to make sense. Even in a Lifetime movie. As bad as it sounds, it would have made sense if they slept together and she rebuffed him. They just made out in the hallway. It almost would have helped if they pulled another Lifetime trope and just had her remind him of a long lost love or something. There's nothing about Carrie that shows why he even approached her. She's not "letting loose" or anything at all. I guess maybe it was her admittance that she used to be a superfan, but even still,
Also, the opening scene sort of bothered me bc of how the 911 call played out. Now, I'm for sure not victim blaming, but I am writer blaming...in these movies, characters never name the person harming them when given the opportunity. In the opening scene, the ex-gf knows who is attacking her but only tells the dispatcher "a man." It doesn't sound natural at all given that we already know this guy is going to be a villain. That's just a pet peeve I have.
I felt for her husband. I mean, the movie just....is. There have been better versions of this and this one feels like filler. Not even sure if it's been on again since the premiere.